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porcella, i, f. dim. [porcula], a little female pig, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 68; Theod. Prisc. 4, 1.

porcellīnus, a, um, adj. [porcellus], of young swine, pig-: glandulae, Apic. 4, 3: caro, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 6.

porcellĭo, ōnis, m., a cheslip, woodlouse, sowbug, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 119; Pelag. Vet. 5.

porcellus, i, m. dim. [porculus], a little pig, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14; Suet. Ner. 33; Plin. 30, 6, 16, § 47.
Plur., the litter of a wild sow, Phaedr. 2, 4, 15.

porceo (PORXI, acc. to Charis. p. 217 P., without any example). 2, v. a. [porro-arceo], to keep off, keep back, to hinder, restrain (ante-class.): porcet quoque dictum ab antiquis quasi porro arcet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.: porcet significat prohibet, Non. 159, 33: non te porro procedere porcent, Lucil. ap. Non. 160, 9: civium porcet pudor, Enn. ap. ib. 160, 6 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.); Varr. ap. ib. 160, 8; Pac. and Att. ap. ib. 160, 2 and 5.

porcē̆tra, ae, f. [porca], a sow that has once littered, Meliss. ap. Gell. 18, 6, 4.